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. CIIAPTER ‘XXIII.-(Continued).
Now he canto to that portion of his'
sreeital that wasnot so pleasant.
They might guess why.
Larry a jumped to conclusions. .
"Petoskey is in town. by Jove!" he
said, as he nodded. his head wisedie
'Then you havf-Sren,,tuarLe/claim-
fd Lord Rackeer not a little startled. at
the exclamatida ,
But the little man shook his head
aitgerallalY, --this time in the negative,
:while a cunning smile swept over ha'
queer features.
"Not I -simply guessed It. yon know.
Perhaps you remember, my dear boy,
that orie of the witchee in 'Macbeth,'
referring to the approach of Scotland's
murderous- king, says: 'By the prick-
ing of my thumbs, something wicked
4,111,e,way comes.' Well, I've had a little
of that same pricking, and I thought of
Petoskey."
"We met by chance, the usual way;
the is I accidentally ran across tlie beg-
gar in the street, and he acted as if
surprised to see me, though I'm secretly
of the opinion he knew of our arrival
all ths time.
' "He tiled to be friendly and all that,
but 1 froze on the spot. Thdn he
ehanco..1 his tactics and endeavored to
. tempi - ale into a deal; my blood fairly
hoileg, I was so deuced' angry at his
ii
— miserable audaoity. •
"When I flung back is base, offer in
his face, he was ama ed at first, and
Vier. his temper got the better of his
judgment, so that he begets 'to revile
me."
"Then you struck the beggar," said
Larry, eagerly;
"Hou 'do you know- that?" demanded
the other, with a pleased smile.
, "011,- my dear boy, crediteme -With
common sense, at least. I saw you
caressing your right hand several
thnes, end, unless I am mistaken, the
Skin is bruised on your knuckles. By
Jove I feu struck a blow for old Eng -
lend.' •
Plyrieton flushed, whether with
pride ,avlshame it might be hard to say.
-"Perr.aps it Is not a fact that would
redound to a man's credit to be engaged
In a street brawl, and ordinarily I have
avoided such things to the best of my
ablitty,; but there May arise occasions
whin one is irresistibly thrown into
suith an ugly affair against his will."
4I %lite agree with you, sir. Those
are sentimentI have heard expressed
by one in whose honor and manhood
hal every reason to place the fullest
confidence," said Aids, quicklY. •
Her answer. pleased
"Thank "you,, most heartily. As Larry
saye,• it was done in defense of old
ngland, and I stand ready to take
such chances every day in the week if
•a foul-mouthed braggart, I are not
:what nation he represents and dis-
graces, dares to defame a pure woman
to my ,faCe."
Avis' put out her hand impulsively,
feeling that in some way it was because
of her Lord Beckett had gotten into
this trouble. ,
"Let ns -be thankfnl there are few like
him abroad," she seed. .
"Why,. of course, you understand
that never for a minute do I intend to
intimate that this rascally count repre-
sents the' better class Of Russian gentle-
men. I have messed with the Czar's
officers, and fought at their side in days
gone by, so that 1 have many warm
friends among the soldiers of Nicholas.
Petoskey As in a class by himself. You
will find his like in Germany, France,
America and even England, I am sorry
to say -men who, in thetr mad chase
' of the golden calf, will sacrifice every-
thing that comes in their way, even
hum an • life.".
"Well, when he in,sulte,d ladies, you
drew the line. What did he etty ?" asked
Larry, eager to get at the Stirring
events.
"Ile swore at me in,,Russian as well
as the circumstances would allow."
"Pray, what- were those circum-
stances?" demanded the' other.
"I think I saw him eject .a couple of
teeth, and there were other conditions
that might be called irritating," re-
turned Plympton, grimly.
"You knocked him down, egad -
knocked Petoskey ,flat in the Street
Two teeth gone -no wonder your
knuckles were bruised. That was it blow
not only for old England, but in mem-
ory of Dr: jack -the first.we have been
able to strike. Weil, it'a\. a good thing
for the beast I was not present when he
sneered at my fair countrywoman -for
- I'm an adopted Piccadilly man, .you
know. 137 Jove, now, he would hardly
have come out of It with only the loss
of levet paltry front teeth, you know,"
aid -Larry clenched hie fists and looked
as fierce as a hyena.
Some men are born lucky, • arid 'evi-
dently Petoskey wasbite of that class.
What a pity that he might never knew
what,he had missed, and how, he Came
within ,an ace of being annihilated,
"Oh eourse, having eatiefied my -On-
relence in thennatter, I paid no atterie
tion to his spluttering, but, scribbling
thty name of this hotel. on my Ord, I
tossed it to Mtn and walked away."'
"Does that mean a duel?' asked Axle,
soberly;
Ile obrugged hia broad' shOtiltiere
earelesely.
"That „depends entirely upon our
friend, - the Hazlett's, :cepriee. You
may be CUM, if chttliened 1 will give
Antic all the eatisfactiOn Warite-al-
• Ways providing 1 am in the land of Rio
living tti acconemodete, WM.".
ItOpe nothing Onset of IV' breath d
AVP.
"L t Petoeloy ktiOwn !what 13 good tie
blea, he Will driest all theeet methire 44
devOte his Whole time and attention to
seeing a dentist," remarked the orate.;
and, indeed, could that same man
from the Neva !awe gazed, Upon the
fierce aspect of Larry while thus speak-
ing, he would doubtless have huetled,
out of Peking and sought the protection
qf the heavy guns at Port Arthur with-
out an hottris delay.
A warrior may not always be mea-
sured by his stature or the dashing
military mustache that adorns his lip.
There are brave souls cast in a less
heroic mould, and Larry must have in-
herited the 'spirit of some mighty Saxon
ancestor whose deeds won him renown
and fortune. '
"At least I hope he will not be in a
hurry, for I could not accommodate
him until our little picnic is over," said
Plympton.
It pleased him to so, designate the
desperate undertaking they had in
view, and yet he was as well adapted
to appreciate -the perils attending such
an enterprise as any man living. .
He now endeavored to "banish all
thought of the ogre, Petoskey, by de-
tailing the arrangements into which he
had entered with the delectable mer-
chant Foo Chong, who had agreed to
have a reliable guide in readiness to
conduct them into .the Forbidden Purple
City on the following night.
Many matters were arranged, even
to the disguises they wer-e to assume,.
which of necessity must be the regula-
tion Chinese coatume.
Thus time passed, and Avis, weary
from her)journey, finally begged them
to excuse her.
Laity had suffered somewhat on the
rough voyage of the steamer, and was
alsoe on the point of beating a retreat,
when Lord Rackett laid a hand on his
shoulder and, in a voice pregnant with
mysterious meaning, said: ,
"Not yet, Larry, my boy; I Slave
something else to tell you -something
I did not.wieh Avis to hear, for reasons
that will doubtless be plain 'enough to
you-soxnething that may give you an
electric shock;I believe.'
CHAPTER XXIV.
When Larry Kennedy heard Plymp-
ton make this remark, he turned and
looked the big man squarely in the
face.
In a flash all signs of drowsiness had
been effectually banished from- his eyes,
and it is extremely doubtful whether
the little man_ ever looked more wide
awake. • •
Of bourse, he jumped to the conclu-
sion that the .other had picked up some
bad news 'that he did notewish to men-
tion before Avis.
What on earth could it be?
Larry recalled the anxious expression
upon the face of his comrade as he
entered.
Then, after all, that had not been
caused by his encounter with Petoskey;
at least something else had combined
to affect hint.
Strange what ground the human mind.
may cover in a few seconds of thne.
Larry thought of the papers, and won-
dered if anything could have, happened
to them.
Such a misfortune would be little
short of a disaster, and in spite of the
fact of the British consulate in Sham-'
inn, the foreign section of Canton, had
been guarded by a force of blue -jackets.
He could not rest until he knew the
truth.
"Tell me -is it about_the 'papers ?",he
gasped.
Then Plympton
He understood the nature Of the little
man's worry and seemed' glad to re-
assure him.
"The papers' .are as Safe as though
they were in the Bank of England, de.
pend on that."
Larry had exalted ideas about the
security of that dingy atone building
known as the Old .Ledy of Thread-
needle street in London, as, indeed, all
Englishmen and most travelled Amer-
icans have, and when assured in this
happy vein he must believe.
Ile felt, relieved.
Other troubles there might be, but,
with the papers secure, he could afferd
to take them as they came,. philoso-
phically. .
So Larry threw himself bads upon the
bamboo settee, an& prepared to listep.
again while the other unfolded a second
installment of e his experiences in, Pe-
king.
Truth to tell, Larry's curiosity was
fully aroused, for he Could not even
guess at the nature of the disclosure
Plympton was about to make.
'Nor was there any need of geessing
when the other seemed ready to speak.
"Go on with youe shock, my dear fel-
low. I have braeed myself tO receive it,
you gee. Has, the Eniperer been
ehanged lfl his palace? Has Li Hung
Chang married the Dowager Empress?
Pe Jove 1 d'std know, I'M ready to be-
lieve althost anything ,in this beastly
country where just the thing you never
expect bobs up serenely."
"That's juet, eiteethe unexpected is
constantly turning up InChina " caid
Plympton, he lighted a dgar in
Order to eave himself .from the vile
odor of the paper cigarette Larry was
getting in readirtese to Onetime.
"Thanke-belleve I will US6 a tight.,
And new, proeeed in relieve. my dread-
ful Suspense." dra.Wled the, dude, draw-
ing hie legs up under 1hint on the settee.
nackett, looked keenly at him, as
though he Woind hazard a guess t19In
how the little train Might take the nettle,
"How are you, Larry?" lie Staked.
"hh? - By Jove 1 now, thatts a queer
reinatitt9
"I Encan your reeevies ae0 they
tcacqyCwE ?
'scs-yon witth t5 reette retro
11 don't faint. noel easy, my dear man ;
We the heeet."
"Weil. eteacly yonrself for Stunning
news."
"Good Heavens ! you send a, fluttelt
down to my very thee. lIt's cruel to
keep a'chap ira thie conditton, Speak
put, niene-nes England ntado on al-
liance with Vale United Stake? Tell me
tvittats wonderful Ming Ws happened."
have reaeon to believe' you made a
!mistake." '
Larry collapsed. e
"That is• beastly cruel in You, Lord
Raeltett, see/lige My condition. A late
is
good enotigh in its way, but at such
a Mate Well I've strode a deuced
pile of mistakes In my day, but they
well) of the head and. not of the heart."
"This ie a mistake that may make
some change in our plan of campaign,"
said Plympton, sinning.
There was thatin, his manner to
arouse Larry's suspitions.
It wee tvonderful to see how like a
flash he seemed to leap at eonelusions.
Inspiration gave him a clew, and the
rest sprang from his heart.
"You almost terrify inc 1" he said, in
a voice that trembled with eagerness.
"Then you can guess
"Good . God! is it -about -him ?"
The' big Englishman nodded.
"Dr. Jack I mean," pursued the
trembling dude.
"Ile is the pariy I had in mind,
Larry,"
"You said -1 had made -a mistake 1"
"Well, it is not positive. Had I been
sure, I could never have kept it from
hie wife, but I dared not arouse her
hopes only to crush them later on, it
might, be."
Larry was apparently paralyzed; he
sat there like a man of stone, only that
his features were working spasmodi-
Still, he had fair control over his
voice, if .it did sound much like the
squeak of a rat back of the wainscot-
ing.
"Am I awake or dreaming? I heard
Rio fierce cries of the Black Flags, and
Kai Wang assured me this was their
note. of Victory when they slashed an
enemy's head offwith their unwieldy
but -keen swords. And- yet you tell me
ta-you give rne hope to believe he yet
lives?" was his refrain.
Plympton showed no signs of retreat.
"I have been assured there is a des-
perate chance that such a thing is true."
t, "Heaven be praised 1 I would give all
I have in this world, and all I ever ex-
pect toegain, if such blessed intelligence
we true," and Larry uttered a heavy
sigh ; "but, alas, I fear it is only a
chimera, what they call an ignes fa.tuus
at pea, a dream that can never be rea-
lized," -
"Coine, arouse yourself. There is a
Chance. Mate than httlf 'a show, that it
may be se. Let us work with that idea
In view" , •
• Larry -found his lost energy, and as
he .prang erect,- nife-one COuld complain
longer that he lacked in anything that
wept to give him the traita of manli-
ness. - .
"Richard As hitreself again, You will
now find me as keen as a Damascus
blade. From your manner, Plyrapton,
I am led to, judge that this Is not mere
speculatidn on your part -that you have
more stable foundation than pure sur-•
mise." •
' His lordship, looked a little surprised'
and amused at the grave manner in
which Larry propounded this question,
and which mightt, have done justice to
the most learned e,dvocate at the Queen's
Beneh-; but the matter was too ,serious
to be treated in a frivolous way, so he
smothered his inclination, to laugh, arid
replied, soberly :
•
"Yiau Anil hear. The news I had from -
our friend, Foo Chohg. I cannot eveir
gees how he came by, it, as he failed
to volunteer any explanation. No doubt
Kai Wang has means- oV knowing what
is going on within the Purple City,
where red 'tape and mystery abound. ,
At least his agent seemed to be titer-,
mighty conversantwith the happenings
there, and coolly infoemed me that a'
prisoner was secretly guarded in. the,
Emperor's 'palace, watched night ail&
day, and that it was believed he mutt
be e. foreigner. In my mind It easy
to put two and -tVvo together." • •
"With what resalt?" eagerly. .
"I conjedtured that it was Dr. lack -
that he was being held as a last resort.
If Petoskey ,utterly failed to Secure the
papers of tle great railway concession,
the party of the DOvvager Empress
would offer to release Evans foe the re-
turn of the documents .bearing the
sacred seal of the Emperor."
Larry followed each slowly -uttered
word with the most., eager attention, as
though the fate of ertiPires liting "'upon
the result of their logic. To his devoted
mind .the existence of such a rare man
as Jack Evans was of more consequence
thtin the rise) and fall of many an ern-
piret • -
A new and almost overwhelming hope
had been started ,into existence by the
words which Lord Beckett had just let
fall.
Larry could as yet hardly grasp their
full significance, and still his heart was
throbbing with eagerness to penetrate
the veil of the tame, so that their truth
or error, might be prOved.
"God grant that it may be so, and that
we may live to shake his fearless hand
again."
"Amen," said Plympton.
Then Larry, remembering Ontething,
looked curiously In the fete Of his Com-
panion.
• "UPori my Out, you seem almost ea
eager to find dear old Jack alive as My-
self 1" he cried.
"Whieh eeeths odd to you in the light
of the fact that I once eonspired to
make his wife a widow in the tiOpe of
winning her. I wee a foot, My boy, it
eursed 1001, and I've long since come
to my right seneee. , That paseion for
Avis died at natural (leath ewhen I came
to know What manner of Man her hus-
band really was. I regard her now as
et, sister whOrn I have Morn to de-
fend ; Oral if, by the,14 MN of Heaven,
we are lucky enongh to find the doetor
still alive, and pluek him* Mit, Of the
clutches Of his jailer, like a brand front
the burning, there will no man rejoice
More lidaiitily at seeing hirla in his
wifate Anna, than Plyntptorra"
"Gad, yeti prove that by risking yOne
trek to eitenevee Ito tenth. ifetteed.
ana mead to isnow yee, 5ivj prowl 1,
ehaket you by the hand; eretet of the
privilege of calling you my friend."
"Hee?, hear 1" laughed Plympton, to
hide hie emotion, for he was really
affected by . his own feelings and the
blunt cornmendatioo of his comrade.
Larry could' not think of sleep now.
1310 sat there and plied the" other with
ottestions that would have taXed it
Philadelphia lawyer to answer; bat,
after WI, Lad Reekett Ives able ha
glee .1alea but scant 'additionannforma-
sinCO, he had heeral only the mea-
gre facts from Foo Chong, who evia
dently thew nothing more. •
This lack of certclueive intelligence
did not preventthese two senguine
friends from constructing many
theories' and plans 'which were rosy -
tinted and 'glowed with newly -awakened
hope. If 'it came to the worst, they
might surrender the papers in order to
save the precious /lie of the znyeterious
prisoner of the Welled City, though they
knew full well that Dr. Jack, ehould
the captive prove to be Avis' lost hus-
band, would -utterly refuse his libertey,
at such a. cost, were the., matter ever
placed before- him, which they did not
intend it should be.
At any rete, a new vigor had been
given to their daring project; and
while dreading lest it prove an illusive
dream, both men secretly prayed that
cempetent success might attend this
secret invasion of the Forbidden City.
(To be continued).
BRITAIN'S LAW MAKERS.
Labor Members Sign- Pledge of Abstin-
ence While House is in Session.
Labor members of the new British
Parlitunent arestrictly oti their good
behavior, and are taking every step to
make their representation creditable.
Kier Hardie, the leader, has formulat-
ed a pledge, which.every labor Member
in the House of Commons has signed to
drink no alcoholic liquor while the
House is in session. 'Caterers have re-
marked on the small consumption of
alcoholic drinks by the present Parlia-
ment, and they seem, to think that this
indicates that the dignity and reputa-
tion of the House are going to the dogs.
There ate no less than 170 members ,of
the house who - do not use alcoholic
chinks, and this has affected the re-
ceipts of the catering .department th a
great extent.
It is difficult to call a man a liar in
the House Of Commons.. The word
"liar" has been ruled out by the. Speak-
er "Deliberate untruth" has been tried
and it caught the Speaker's "NO." Even
"cpposed to fact" has failed to pass. One
may not say "You are inventiog that."
'Nor may one say that a member "ought
to learn to keep his word." A mem-
ber has .tried "subterfuge" without suc-
,cess. na"Untruth," "falsehood," "tommy-
rot," have all been put upon the black
list - as also the "language of the pot -
house." "Terminelogicel tnexactitude,"
'however, -recently pasted muster. .
"For reasons of health I frequently ab-
stain fortedriths ata tiafe from all sti-
mulant, and I eat always for the same
reason the plainest of food,! writes T.
r. O'Connor, M.P. "But that -did not
prepare me foe the modesty of my bill
in the House,of, Commons' dining room.
I had some ohicken, some apple tart
and some cheese; my bill was one 'shil-
ling! Then I had a cup of coffee; the
charge was One and threepence *(31
• cents). These are the new and the de-
mocratic prices which the democratic
'house enjoys."
VOICE BY 'GRAMOPHONE.
A young lady from Australia has just
won a singing scholarship in fsondon
under' novel circumstances. From her
Colonial home she t ent to re well-known
professor in London a "record" of her
voice, With, the request that he would
test it on the gramophone, and inform
her ' whether he thought its qualities
sufficiently good to justify her in talc -
Ing so -long a journey for an examina-
tion' for a sphOlarShip. The professor
listened to , the "record," was 'duly im-
'preseed by the possibilities of the voice,
and wrote to say he thought she Might
try. -.Encouraged by this report, she
reached England just in ilime for the
examination, and was one of two sue-
'aeSsful candidates but of 190 -aompetie
Helmington Hell is the seat of Lord
Tollemache in Suffolk, about -eight
Miles from Ipswieh, England: ,The ex-
igting drawbridge has been raised
every night for the past 300 years, and
Rio present owner doe's not allow the
-
custom to become obsolete. Another
"fine extunple of it moatea hone is
Leeds Castle, about three miles 'south-
east of Maidstone, in Kent, which, sur-
rounded by its moat, forms almost, a
lake crossed by a single bridge. There
Is a fine moat at' Wells, in Somerset -
shire, 'what the episcopal palace, an
ancient castellated mansion" is sur-
rounded with walls enelosing • nearly
seven acres of ground. This moat 'a'
supplied with water from °St. Andrew's
Well,
WOMAN BLACKSIto. s
A widew named Ann Winn, aged
eighty-ninet who has just been 'buried
at Constantine, near Falmouth, Eng-
land, left 151 descendants, including
sevefiteen sons and daughters, the
eldest of whom is seventy-one. There
are seventy-five grandchildren aod
fifty-nine great-grandchildren, For
Many years the deceased woman, whose
husband was a blacksnfith, assisted in
pie teenage smithy, both at the bellows
'and with the sTedge-hammer,
CONTINUE
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About the Farm 1.
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PRESERVING EGGS.
_
Many proce,sses for keeping eggs have
been used with varying success, such,
as little water salt and other products,
but it seems that none of them have
proved absolutely sure except the so-
called water glass process. The eecret
of the success of this method is that
the water glass excludes tne air and
is .easily applied.
Use pure water that has been thor-
eughly boiled and then cooled. To each
ten quarts water add one quart, water
Masse- Pack the eggs .in it jar •and pour
the solution over them, covering well.
Keep the eggs in a cool place; a dry,
cool cellar is good. If the eggs are kept
too warm the silicate is *deposited and
'the eggs are not properly protected. Do
not wash the eggs before packing, for
by so doing theirkeeping quality is in-
jured probably by dissolving the moil-
aginous coating on tne outside ot the
shell. For packing uee only perfectly
treat' eggs, for stale eggs will not be
saved and may prove harmful to th
Others.
Water glass is a very cheap product
that can usually be' procured at 50 cents
a gallon and one egalion will make
enough solution to preserve 50 dozen
eggs, so the cost of material for this
method would ally be about one cent a
dozen. If wooden kegs or barrels are
used Ina whibh to pack the eggs, they
should first be thoroughly scalded
with boiling water to sweeten and puri-
fy Ahem. -
FA.Rial NOTES..
Thorough " cultivation is essential to
good crops, but thorough: preparation
eosfstehnetia. ground before planting is .just ,as
The 'school children -of our day' are
taking an activeinterest in all enter-
prises -.that eeem calculated to improve
and beautify their surroundings. They
are often found to be the best levers by
'which we may lift or direct the people
te, higher and better ways of living.
We think it -pays- to keep the Cultiva-
tor running in the early' potato patch
until the tubers are as big as walnuts.
Of course, the hoes of the oultivater
must riot run close to the row and must
not draw the soil away from the rows,
but rather ridge up lightly. The middle
of the row after the last cultivation
should be a bed of loose earth and not
-like a ditch with .a. smooth, hard bot-
tom.
• A seientist has recently made the etate-
mentfAhat unless the world's supply' df
nitrogen is increased in the next 25
years the inhabitants thereof will face
'starvation. But to this he adds that be-
fore the end of that period the inexhaus-
tible supplies of nitrogen in the air
will be made available by mechanical
and chemical processes. We are thank-
ful-fbr this comforting assurance, but
advise nobody to wait on the artificial
fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. Get
It ?rein the air by Nature's methods.
which will Probably, be the cheapest 25
years from now just they are to -day.
M present there are eeveral sources of
nitroaen for fertilizing the soil. hurn one
superior to the plan of drawing it ,from
Rio air by growing leguminous crept':
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LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Cotonseed meal is good feed while
cows are on good pasture or are
fed green. fodder. Be sure it fresh and
sweet. Never feed it when it is rancid.
Linseed oil is a good laxative for a
horse when gtven in pint doses. Some
consider it a great advantage to give
horses from one to three tablespoonfuls
Of it mixed in their. feed. In my own
judgment, one or two .handfuls of lin-
seed oil meal, Which is always relished,
is far preferable.
The fancy carriage lioree will alwairs
Sell wii lif he is good enough, but he 1
imorVal
must be etylisg, well forined and well
broken. As the automobile comes into
US( the comnwn looking horse will be-
come cheaper and cheaper, Iliad only the
ha.ndsome, toppy horse will' be driven.
At -the present thne the carriage horse
shuld weigh about 1,300 poundshut
later on theastylish little pair that weigh
about 1,000 each will be popular. Horses
will need to be handsome from now on
ill order to find faahionable homes. And
the American saddler will always' be in
demand.
GOOD SPBAYING.
The spray covers every part of the -leaf.
Nettling escapes. The bordeauk mix-
ture comes in contact with every, spore.
And that means the finish of the spore.
The Paris green is distributed to every ,
bud and leaf where .an insect ould find
it meal'
Good spraying, too, is always done
at the right time, not a while before or
after. It keeps the leaves enveloped
throughout the early part of the season,,
by S. coating of Bordeaux. and finely diGs.'
tributed Paris green. It is /he kind • of'
spraying that pays.
LIGHT AND VENTILATION.
Provide plenty of light. A dark stable
is an abomination, regardless of ;what
kind' of stock it contains. Filthand
darkness almost invariably. go together.,
Proeurit Some sash (old Ones are just as
good for this purpose) and fit with glass.
Where there be ordinarily. one window
there should be two or. three, Three
square feet of sash is none too much for
each ten linear feet of siding.. -
The windows may be made to slide,,
oa be hinged at the lower edo, and held
ir place with a catch, Providing for a'
method of ventilation which, while ernde
Is better than. none.
FEEDINO.BRAN TO POULTRY.
It is certainly, excellent for poultry,
and ene point in the favor of bran is
that it contains a mueh larger propor-
tion' of limp than any other cheap food
derived from grain, and; as tb,e shells
of ego are composed of lime, it is
eesential that food rich In lime should
be provided. It may be urged that the
use of oyster shellwill provide lime,
but it will be found that it is the lime
ea the food that is mod serviceable, he- eltr
cause it is the form. that, can- be -better
digested and assimilated than carbonate
of lime. Clover is also rich in lime, and •
when a mash of cut clover and bran is
given to the fowls they will need no
oyster' shells or other mineral matter aS
it source from which. to provide lime
for the shells of eggs.
THE LOT OF ARABIAN BABIES.
The upper class Arabian baby has a
peculiarly difficult time rof it. If royal
born, its ,flrst toilet consists in NiTintling
a bandage about its body after it has •
been carefuly bathed and perfumed, If •
the child be a girl, on the seventh day -
after hoe birth holes, usually six errnuni-a
ber, are priciced in her ears, and when
she is two months old heavy geld 'rings •
are attached to them to be worn through- •
out her lifetime, except during periods
of mourning for relatives. On the for-
tieth day the baby'e head! .is eleaVed
and the disposal of the hair is regarded
a very mighty *latter. It must net '
be burned or carelessly thrown away"
but buried, thrown into the sea or hid -
dee away. The fortieth day marks. a
turning point in the child's life. Here -
Wore it has been seen by few, but
now it1"c0mesOut" and may be seen
p .
by everybody. It is launched on the
tide of existence. Several amens aro
attached to its little body for protection
against the 611 eye. Everything the
child uses is performed and covered
with amber and musk and sPrinkled
with attar of roses.
" Mind horses are never known to make
a mistake in their diet when grazing.
Like all other horses, they are guided
by the nostrils in the selection of proper
food.
ADV ICE.
Abe -Say, 2teke, what's the ,best thing to do tv
to t oughin1 eneezin, all diayt.
Zoke—Sell iti